Mo. bill would require prescriptions for Sudafed
Eds: Retransmitting to correct writethru sequence. UPDATES with 2008 figures on lab busts, testimony from hearing; CORRECTS spelling of ‘pseudoephedrine’ throughout.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A doctor’s visit and a prescription would be needed for many cold medicines under a Missouri bill aimed at targeting methamphetamine production.
Supporters say requiring a prescription for medicine containing Read the rest of this entry »

Pain, Suffering, and Early Death
, provisions have been tucked into the Obama s
timulus package that would, in effect, take the ability of making medical decisions away from doctors and grant them to the federal government.
provisions of the Obama stimulus package would create a national database that would track every person’s medical records, including
they are taking and treatments they are receiving. This, so far, is actually a good thing. Read the rest of this entry »

A day after he had to jettison the person he hoped would be the architect of a healthcare overhaul, President Obama this afternoon will get to claim a smaller victory.
He signed into law a bill, given final approval by the House today, to extend subsidized coverage to 4 million more children across the country. The bill on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program costs nearly $33 billion and covers children whose parents earn too much to qualify Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved legislation that would increase spending on children’s health insurance and extend government-sponsored coverage to 4 million uninsured children.
The bill passed 66-32 and now goes back to the House, where a similar measure was approved two weeks ago.
Democratic lawmakers consider the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program one of their top domestic priorities.
They have moved Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress approved on
Wednesday a bill expanding a health insurance program for
children and raising tobacco taxes to pay for it, giving
President Barack Obama a big legislative victory a day after
his pick to lead a healthcare industry overhaul stepped aside.
The House of Representatives voted 290-135 for the $32.8
billion expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance
Program, or SCHIP, which was approved Read the rest of this entry »

to build a proposed $151 million hospital in Olive Branch, Miss. has been introduced in the Mississippi Legislature and is making its way through the committee system.
Mississippi state Sen. Merle Flowers (R-Southaven) is the bill’s sponsor and he introduced it when the legislature convened earlier this month. The bill has passed the Senate’s Public Health and Welfare Committee and has been referred to the Appropriations Committee.
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
The boom has been lowered, the axe has fallen, the pink slip has landed on your desk.
No matter how grim your financial situation may be, you can’t just ignore your bills and creditors. Prompt action is crucial: Let your creditors know you are having difficulties before you begin missing payments.
Financial experts say that when money is tight, you must prioritize what bills need paying first.
Ask yourself Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON – Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) last week joined a majority in the House of Representatives in support of bipartisan legislation to provide health care to 11 million children from working families.
The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2) was approved by a vote of 289-139.
The bill is very similar to the legislation that President Bush vetoed twice in the 110th Congress.
“Investing Read the rest of this entry »

The government is poised to extend health coverage to 4 million more lower-income children, a first step in President Barack Obama's promise to shrink the ranks of theuninsured.
The House was expected to approve the expansion of a children's health insurance program Wednesday and deliver it to Obama for his quick signature. The bill passed the Senate lastweek.
Over the next four years, up to 13 million children could be covered under Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON — For years, Senator
’s most ardent champion on Capitol Hill. Having survived two bouts with
, open-heart surgery and even a faulty diagnosis of
, he has long insisted that research that results in medical cures is the best service that government can provide.
But even lobbyists are stunned by the coup Mr. Specter pulled off this week. In return for providing one of only three Republican votes in the Senate for the Obama Read the rest of this entry »